The Necklace Caper That Sparked a Revolution w/ Vic Michaelis

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Laci welcomes world-class improviser Vic Michaelis (Dropout: Very Important People) to explore history’s most glittering con job carried out by Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, the self-proclaimed "Comtesse de la Motte." She orchestrated the 1785 scandal at the court of Louis XVI that discredited the French monarchy and may have helped spark the French Revolution. Stay schemin’! CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Did you miss out on a custom-signed Scam Goddess book? Look no more, nab your copy on PODSWAG Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at [email protected]. Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Vic Michaelis:@vicmmic Research by Kathryn Doyle SOURCES https://www.thecollector.com/what-was-the-diamond-necklace-affair/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Affair-of-the-Diamond-Necklace https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/affair-diamond-necklace-1784-1785 https://www.history.com/articles/marie-antoinette-diamond-necklace-affair-french-revolution https://www.theparisianguide.com/the-affair-of-the-diamond-necklace/

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0:00.0	Scam!
0:01.0	Cards.
0:02.0	Robbery and fraud.
0:05.0	Scam.
0:06.0	Cards.
0:07.0	Robbery
0:08.0	and fraud.
0:09.0	Scam.
0:10.0	Cards.
0:11.0	Robbery and fraud.
0:15.0	Scam Goddess.
0:18.0	What's Pop and Congregation?
0:20.0	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess, back with another installment of the podcast all about robbery, fraud, and those who practice it.
0:27.8	Sometimes we love them.
0:29.0	Sometimes we hate them.
0:30.3	We will see along the way, and y'all already know I'm what?
0:34.8	Yes, I am excited.
0:36.1	I am thrilled.
0:37.0	I'm elated today. We have an improviser and a
0:39.0	comedian on the show that I've known for many years because we came up in the same beautiful cult
0:43.6	together. That's it? I always call UCB a cult. It's a good place, guys. I love it. I love that
0:50.1	place. If you know anything about me, you know I love that place. You may have seen them in college humor sketches. You may have also seen them on the Dropout Game Show Make Some Noise and
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